Special advisor to the edition: Evelyn Lear, renowned Strauss interpreter. A newly researched, edited and engraved edition of this major, standard art song literature. There are historical notes included for each song describing pertinent circumstances of composition and first performances. Line by line literal translations are given at the head of each song. This is the best, most informative edition of Strauss songs ever assembled. Contents: Ach Lieb, ich muss nun scheiden! * Ach weh mir ungluckhaftem Mann * All mein Gedanken * Allerseelen * Amor * Befreit * Breit' uber mein Haupt * Cacille * Der Pokal * Die Georgine * Die Nacht * Die Zeitlose * Du meines Herzens Kronelein * Einerlei * Fruhllngsgedrange * Fur funfzehn Pfennige * Gluckes genug * Heimkehr * Heimliche Aufforderung * Herr Lenz * Ich Trage Meine Minne * Ich schwebe * Ich wollt ein Strausslein binden * Kling! * Leises Lied * Mein Herz ist stumm * Meinem Kinde * Morgen * Nachtgang * Nichts * Ruhe, Meine Seele! * Schlagende Herzen * Schlechtes Wetter * Schon sind, doch kalt * Seitdem dein Aug' * Standchen (Strauss) * Traum durch die Dammerung * Wie sollten wir gehelm sie halten * Wiegenlied * Zueignung.

Three important orchestral works, including very popular Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, reproduced in full score from original editions. This volume and its companion volume make available for the first time in convenient, inexpensive editions all the important Strauss tone poems. Study score.

This collection offers five lush piano solos for the advanced player. Each piece is orchestral in texture, although none are very lengthy. The pieces may be performed separately or as a complete set. A cleanly printed edition.

A group of resourceful kids start "solution-seekers.com," a website where "cybervisitors" can get answers to questions that trouble them. But when one questioner asks the true meaning of Christmas, the kids seek to unravel the mystery by journeying back through the prophecies of the Old Testament. What they find is a series of "S" words that reveal a "spectacular story " With creative characters, humorous dialogue and great music, The "S" Files is a children's Christmas musical your kids will love performing.

Inexpensive edition reprinted directly from original Fürstner (1911) edition of vocal score. Verbal text, vocal line and piano "reduction."

The graceful, sophisticated waltz music from Strauss's classic opera has been tastefully transcribed for violin and piano.

Now published in the Masterworks Library. Landmark 20th century works from the Boosey and Hawkes catalogue available for the first time in full score format at pocket score prices with introductory notes, illustrations and photographs. Ideal for students, conductors, performers, libraries, CD collectors and general music enthusiasts. This volume contains Four Last Songs, Metamorphosen, and Oboe Concerto.

The most influential work of its kind ever written, appraising the musical qualities and potential of over 60 commonly used stringed, wind and percussion instruments. With 150 illustrative full-score musical examples from works by Berlioz, Mozart, Beethoven, Gluck, Weber, Wagner and others, and numerous smaller musical examples. Complete with Berlioz' chapters on the orchestra and on conducting. Translated by Theodore Front. Foreword by Richard Strauss. Glossary.

Special advisor to the edition: Evelyn Lear, renowned Strauss interpreter. A newly researched, edited and engraved edition of this major, standard art song literature. There are historical notes included for each song describing pertinent circumstances of composition and first performances. Line by line literal translations are given at the head of each song. This is the best, most informative edition of Strauss songs ever assembled. Contents: Ach Lieb, ich muss nun scheiden! * Ach weh mir ungluckhaftem Mann * All mein Gedanken * Allerseelen * Amor * Befreit * Breit' uber mein Haupt * Cacille * Der Pokal * Die Georgine * Die Nacht * Die Zeitlose * Du meines Herzens Kronelein * Einerlei * Fruhllngsgedrange * Fur funfzehn Pfennige * Gluckes genug * Heimkehr * Heimliche Aufforderung * Herr Lenz * Ich Trage Meine Minne * Ich schwebe * Ich wollt ein Strausslein binden * Kling! * Leises Lied * Mein Herz ist stumm * Meinem Kinde * Morgen * Nachtgang * Nichts * Ruhe, Meine Seele! * Schlagende Herzen * Schlechtes Wetter * Schon sind, doch kalt * Seitdem dein Aug' * Standchen (Strauss) * Traum durch die Dammerung * Wie sollten wir gehelm sie halten * Wiegenlied * Zueignung.

For French horn and orchestra (piano reduction).

Written in 1927, Arabella is a portrait - partly romanticized, partly factual - of Habsburg Vienna in the 1860s. It is also a celebration of the profound importance of courage and the ability to forgive in love. Our sympathies are not only drawn to Arabella, who waits for "the right man" to come, but to her younger sister, who breaks with conventional morality in the cause of her love. This opera is a moving testament to Hugo von Hofmannsthal, who died before it was completed, and it remains one of the best-loved products of his twenty-five- year collaboration with Strauss. Contents: The Edge of the Cliff, Michael Ratcliffe; A Musical Synopsis, William Mann; A Profound Simplicity, Patrick J. Smith; Hofmannsthal's Last Libretto, Karen Forsyth; Arabella: Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal; Arabella: English translation by John Gutman

Der Rosenkavalier has one of the longest and most exquisitely crafted texts of all opera. The depth and subtlety of the characterization can only be appreciated after a careful reading. Derrick Puffett notes that the sentimentality and parody of the subject perfectly matched Strauss's genius. Michael Kennedy's detailed musical commentary shows how the large orchestra is handled with exceptional skill. Peter Branscombe points out that Hofmannsthal set a new standard of libretto-writing and shows how the ideas in Der Rosenkavalier may be traced to his other works for the stage, in his prose and poetry. Contents: An Introduction to 'Der Rosenkavalier', Derrick Puffett; Comedy for Music, Michael Kennedy; Hugo von Hofinannsthal - Man of Letters, Peter Branscombe; Der Rosenkavalier: Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal; Der Rosenkavalier: English translation by Alfred Kalisch